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PC Gaming Is Growing Faster Than Consoles, Data Shows (kotaku.com)
The KINGDOM HEARTS games are finally coming to Steam in June (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Will Aggressively Pursue a Multiplatform Strategy After Profits Tumble (www.ign.com)
Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad (www.neowin.net)
WhatsApp is getting an AI chatbot because of course it is (www.gsmarena.com)
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He’s helping other projects in the space, too.
Yuzu developers agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo to settle their lawsuit (storage.courtlistener.com)
Everyone in the emulation scene can breathe a sigh of relief.
Happy 10 million! According to FediDB, we have hit 10 million users across the Fediverse! (lemmy.world)
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Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed (www.bloomberg.com)
Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter....
Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services (arstechnica.com)
Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature (www.engadget.com)
One of Google Search’s oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the “Cached” button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they’re no longer required....
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year. (www.theverge.com)
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year.::In an internal memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said recent layoffs are about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas.” He warned that more are coming.
X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm (www.nbcnews.com)
“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.
Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?
To clarify here, I don’t feel like I’m significantly smarter than most people, but I feel like people have a hard time doing any sort of thinking about stuff. Especially when it comes to verifying “facts.”
TIME.com's 10 Best Video Games of 2023 (time.com)
spoiler10. Dredge 9. Diablo IV 8. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 7. Super Mario Bros. Wonder 6. Dead Space (Remake) 5. Resident Evil 4 (Remake) 4. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 3. Spider-Man 2 2. Baldur’s Gate 3 1. Alan Wake II
YouTube Music 2023 Recap follows Spotify Wrapped with a look back at your year (www.androidcentral.com)
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
What game did you last finish? What did you think of it? (i.imgur.com)
I picked up “Mafia: Definitive Edition” cheap the other day (I’ve linked it on Steam as it’s still on sale for the next few days)....
Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
Brave responds to Bing and ChatGPT with a new “anonymous and secure” AI chatbot (www.theverge.com)
What games have you been playing recently
I myself have been playing alot of rdr2 and beamng
YouTube redesign tests replacing Library with 'You' tab (9to5google.com)
Man linked to Tupac Shakur's killing in 1996 drive-by shooting indicted for murder, AP sources say (www.cbsnews.com)
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat (www.bbc.com)
Xbox Game Pass made $230 million revenue in one month, most users pay for full subscriptions (www.tweaktown.com)
Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth.::More than 100 parents signed an open letter asking lawmakers to support alternatives to the Kids Online Safety Act.
This should be illegal (lemmy.world)
This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own....
Are smart phones destroying our mental health? (interestingengineering.com)
Are smart phones destroying our mental health?::undefined
Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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YouTube Music live lyrics rolling out on Android and iOS (9to5google.com)
There are many reports of live lyrics rolling out to YouTube Music for Android (version 6.15) and iOS (6.16) today. You might want to Force stop YTM from App info before checking, and be sure to try multiple songs if you don’t see it immediately....
The Nvidia Shield TV still holds up four years later, but it’s due for a refresh (9to5google.com)
As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.
ChatGPT Isn't as Good at Coding as We Thought (www.pcmag.com)
ChatGPT Isn’t as Good at Coding as We Thought::undefined
Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X (www.japantimes.co.jp)
A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.
Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?
People who back into parking spots: Why?
To me, it seems objectively easier to pull into a parking space forward and then back out of the space when you are ready to leave. You don’t have to line up with the lines while driving backwards, and it’s easier to keep from hitting other cars as well. So why back in? To me, the only advantage I can think of is that you...
Mishaal Rahman: ASUS is NOT killing off bootloader unlocking for its phones (twitter.com)
“The service team reply misunderstood the situation. Unlock tool is unavailable at this moment but we are allowing the possibility to unlock, please stay tuned.”...
GoodReads alternative
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Glad to see Lemmy users appreciating diversity (lemmy.world)
But have you tried Jerboa? (lemmy.world)
What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss?
Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.
It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million (lemmy.world)
Source: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=90
Sync for Lemmy - Now Released on Play Store (play.google.com)
All women pictured are A.I. generated (files.catbox.moe)